Is This A Record?

It has finally happened. This could be a world record. I now have 63 published and accepted papers at the age of 63. I doubt that there is anyone who *first* matched their (positive) age at a higher age. Not bad given that my first accepted paper was in 1999. I am very pleased !!

Note that Gary is setting a very strict test here. Draw a graph with age on the horizontal axis and publications on the vertical. Take any economist and plot publications by age. It’s already a major accomplishment for this plot to cross the 45 degree line at some point. Its yet another for it to still be above the 45 degree line at age 63. But its absolutely astounding that Gary’s plot first crossed the 45 degree line at age 63.

(Yes Gary was my classmate at Berkeley when I was 20-something and he was 40-something.)

Last night Cody set the record for Most Candy Corn in your mouth–18 pieces. When I argued that no 5 year old could shove eighteen pieces of Candy Corn in his mouth at once he attempted to recreate the achievement, but unfortunately started laughing so hard that he vomited the Bhutan Flag all over the kitchen floor.